English: The Black Madonna of Częstochowa is considered the epitome of Polish Catholicism. In the times of war she was a refuge for dissidents. Today she stands for conservatism and nationalism. Less well known is that the icon came with Polish emigrants to Haiti, where she was adapted by the Vodou religion and became a symbol of protection for lesbians. So what does the Black Madonna stand for? In his grandmother's letters from Poland of the 1980s, in encounters with Polish Haitians and rural Catholicism, the author examines the drifting identities of the Black Madonna.